This past weekend we held our second annual provincial Youth Cross Country Championships in Moncton. There were over 300 kids aged 13 and under who participated on Saturday.

In the 5 and under category the girl's 500m run saw Eve Landry finish first, second was Ella Leblanc and third was Eva Boone. On the 5 and under boys side, Xavier Landry was first, second was Lucas Jaillet-MacDonald, third was Jackson Mason.

In the 6 and 7 year old category, running the 800m on the girl's side first was Addyson Maccurdy, second was Jeanne Filion-Landry and third was Lily Lavallee. On the boys side Simon Babin was the winner, second was Noah Mazerolle, third was Yannick Boucher.

In the 8 and 9 year old 1000m category Kate Doran was the victor, second was Madeleine Colpitts, third was Sophie Hill. The winning team was St. Stephen Elementary with 181 points! For the boys, Hudson Sisk was first, Matteo Leblanc was second, third was Alexandre Caissie.

The 10 and 11 year old girls 1500m winner was Felicia Mortimer, second was Abby Manson, third was Anna Titus. On the boys side, Caden Wolverton was first, second was Nicolas Gleixner, and third was Dawson Lambert.

In the 12 and 13 year old 2000m category on the girl's side the winner was Marin Macpherson, second was teammate Zoe Fullerton and third was Avery Hamilton. On the boys side Brandon Kenny was first, Connor Leslie was second and Brayden Baird was third.